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SUMMARY:Gun violence reporting certification: What it is and why journalists should get it
DESCRIPTION:The movement in journalism for less episodic and more thoughtful\, trauma-informed gun violence coverage is growing\, as are opportunities for journalists to learn how to get it right. \n\n\n\nA recent example is a certification workshop held by the Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting. The day-long training\, called the “Gun Violence Prevention Reporter Certification Workshop\,” explored best practices for reporting on firearm violence and prevention. Participants included 25 journalists and 15 community-based gun violence prevention experts. \n\n\n\nThe central idea is that reporting on gun violence as a public health issue can provide a better understanding of why violence happens and how to prevent it. This type of reporting is also about minimizing the harm done by sensationalized\, episodic violence coverage. \n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, Jim MacMillan\, founder and director of The Initiative for Better Gun Violence Reporting\, and Alaina Bookman\, a violence prevention reporter for AL.com and a participant in the workshop\, talked about the main points of the workshop\, how certification aims to improve coverage of firearm violence prevention\, the benefits of offering a certification\, and what plans are in the works to offer the certification to more journalists. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKaitlin Washburn is AHCJ’s health beat leader for firearm violence and trauma and a reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times. She was a gun violence reporter for two years in Missouri for The Kansas City Star as a Report for America corps member. Previously\, Washburn was an agriculture reporter covering the omnipresent industry in California’s Central Valley for The Sun-Gazette\, also as a part of RFA. Previously\, Washburn had internships at the Morning Call in Pennsylvania\, the Center for Responsive Politics in Washington\, D.C. and The Oregonian in Portland. She spent three years as a researcher for Investigative Reporters and Editors\, based at The University of Missouri. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlaina Bookman was born and raised in Dallas and is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin. She has experience working as a journalist for the Houston Defender and as an archivist at the University of Texas Black Diaspora Archives. Her role as a violence prevention reporter at AL.com is supported by Report for America\, a nonprofit that aids local newsrooms. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJim MacMillan is the founder and director of the Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting and the assistant director of the Logan Center for Urban Investigative Reporting at Temple University. He has been a fellow at the Reynolds Journalism Institute\, the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma and the Knight-Wallace Fellows\, as well as a visiting assistant professor at the University of Missouri School of Journalism and Swarthmore College. Previously\, MacMillan spent 17 years at the Philadelphia Daily News and photographed the war in Iraq for The Associated Press\, after which he and his team were awarded The Pulitzer Prize.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/gun-violence-reporting-certification-what-it-is-and-why-journalists-should-get-it/
CATEGORIES:Firearm Violence,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240215T183000
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SUMMARY:Health Care Issues Forum — AHCJ New York Chapter Event
DESCRIPTION:Free tickets for AHCJ members. Use promo code: AHCJ \n\n\n\nJoin us for an important panel discussion about healthcare misinformation. Hear from the following panelists: \n\n\n\n\nSony Salzman\, Coordinating Producer\, ABC Medical Unit.\n\n\n\nDr. Lisa H. Rose\, Professor of Human Services and Social Work\, Borough of Manhattan Community College.\n\n\n\n\nA brief reception with light refreshments will follow the panel portion of the event. Share this invitation with a friend!  \n\n\n\nOrganized by Children of Bellevue and AHCJ. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLocation\n\n\n\nBorough of Manhattan Community CollegeFiterman Hall\, Conference Room #1302 (use Elevator #9)245 Greenwich St\, New York\, NY 10007 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMore information\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChildren of Bellevue is dedicated to advancing public understanding of health care issues. Its mission is to improve the quality\, accuracy and visibility of health care reporting\, writing and editing. \n\n\n\nAHCJ is dedicated to advancing public understanding of health care issues. Its mission is to improve the quality\, accuracy and visibility of health care reporting\, writing and editing.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/health-care-issues-forum-ahcj-new-york-chapter-event/
LOCATION:Borough of Manhattan Community College\, Fiterman Hall\, Conference Room #1302\, 245 Greenwich St\, New York City\, New York\, 10007\, United States
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn: Overcoming writer's block
DESCRIPTION:At AHCJ’s Lunch and Learns\, freelancer members chat about a designated topic over Zoom every third Thursday of the month at 1 p.m. Eastern Time. The Zoom link is always the same.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/lunch-and-learn-overcoming-writers-block/
CATEGORIES:Freelancers,Lunch and Learn
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240209T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240209T124500
DTSTAMP:20260403T170827
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SUMMARY:Reframing Firearm Violence: How journalists can use research in their reporting
DESCRIPTION:Firearm violence is largely covered in the media as a crime issue focused on individual shooting events. But experts assert that reframing firearm violence as a broader public health issue is crucial to finding policy and community solutions aimed at preventing deaths and injury from guns.  \n\n\n\nJoin AHCJ and the National Press Club Journalism Institute at 11:30 a.m. ET on Friday\, Feb. 9\, for a conversation among experts and journalists on where to find the best data and research on firearm and gun deaths for your reporting. \n\n\n\nIn this 75-minute webinar\, we’ll explore the gaps\, go-to resources\, and facts and myths about firearms and firearm ownership. Participants will also learn: \n\n\n\n\nThe differences among firearm violence\, such as what is a mass casualty event versus a mass shooting.\n\n\n\nWhere to find new research on firearm violence.\n\n\n\nHow news coverage of firearm violence impacts victims and frontline health workers.\n\n\n\nHow to move thinking of firearm violence as “the crime beat” to more nuanced coverage across beats.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKaitlin Washburn is AHCJ’s health beat leader for firearm violence and trauma and a reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times. She was a gun violence reporter for two years in Missouri for The Kansas City Star as a Report for America corps member. Previously\, Washburn was an agriculture reporter covering the omnipresent industry in California’s Central Valley for The Sun-Gazette\, also as a part of RFA. Previously\, Washburn had internships at the Morning Call in Pennsylvania\, the Center for Responsive Politics in Washington\, D.C. and The Oregonian in Portland. She spent three years as a researcher for Investigative Reporters and Editors\, based at The University of Missouri. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJessica Beard\, M.D.\, is a trauma surgeon at Temple University in Philadelphia\, PA\, a Stoneleigh Foundation Fellow\, and Director of Research for The Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting. Her research examines the perspectives of firearm-injured people on media reports of their injuries and seeks to define\, measure\, and support minimization of harmful reporting on community firearm violence. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbené Clayton is a reporter in the Guardian’s California office and is the lead reporter on the newspaper’s “Guns & Lies in America” series\, which launched in 2019 and focuses on the impacts of and solutions to community violence. She started covering gun violence in her hometown of Richmond\, California\, and is now based in Los Angeles where she covers the people who live where shootings and homicides happen most.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJennifer Mascia is a senior news writer and founding staffer at The Trace\, the only newsroom that exclusively covers gun violence\, which launched in 2015. She previously reported on gun violence for The New York Times\, where she began her career as a news assistant. She served as the lead writer for the Times’s annual Neediest Cases campaign\, which profiles New Yorkers in need\, and wrote and produced The Gun Report\, a daily tally of gun violence victims in America that ran for a year and a half after the Sandy Hook shooting. 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/reframing-firearm-violence-how-journalists-can-use-research-in-their-reporting/
CATEGORIES:Firearm Violence,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240207T130000
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SUMMARY:SHERF Informational Session
DESCRIPTION:Interested in applying for the National Science-Health-Environment Reporting Fellowship? Join representatives from the Society of Environmental Journalists\, Association of Health Care Journalists\, and the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing to learn about this opportunity to gain reporting skills at the intersection of science\, health and environment.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/blog/2024/02/sherf-informational-session/
CATEGORIES:Event,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240124T130000
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CREATED:20240108T204458Z
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SUMMARY:Coverage 101: Using the new state media guides to write big stories
DESCRIPTION:All AHCJ events are listed in Eastern Standard Time. \n\n\n\nThe United States has a patchwork system of health insurance coverage that leaves some people with great access to services and some with no coverage at all. It depends on a person’s birthplace\, age\, job\, income\, location\, and health status.To help journalists make sense of the confusion\, Georgetown University’s Center on Health Insurance Reforms — with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation — has created primers for how insurance works in each state plus a national overview that offers the big picture. You can find the guides and overview now on AHCJ’s website.In this webinar\, AHCJ Health Beat Leader Joe Burns\, who focuses on health policy and insurance\, will talk to Charles Ornstein of ProPublica and Sabrina Corlette\, J.D.\, who led the Georgetown project\, about the new tool and how to make the most of it in your reporting. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoseph Burns is AHCJ’s health beat leader on health policy and insurance. He’s an independent journalist based in Brewster\, Mass.\, who has covered health care\, health policy and the business of care since 1991. Burns has written for a variety of publications\, including The New York Times\, Fortune\, Hospitals & Health Networks\, and Medical Economics\, among others. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSabrina Corlette\, J.D.\, is a research professor\, founder\, and co-director of the Center on Health Insurance Reforms at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy.  There\, she directs research on health reform issues\, with a focus on state and federal regulation of private health insurance. She provides expertise and strategic advice to individuals and organizations on health insurance laws and programs and provides technical support through the publication of resource guides\, white papers\, issue briefs\, blog posts and fact sheets. She has testified numerous times before the U.S. Congress and is frequently quoted in the news media on emerging health care issues. She has published dozens of papers relating to the regulation of private health insurance and health insurance marketplaces. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCharles Ornstein is managing editor for local initiatives at ProPublica\, overseeing the nonprofit news organization’s regional offices and its Local Reporting Network. From 2008 to 2017\, he was a senior reporter covering health care and the pharmaceutical industry at ProPublica\, and then worked as a senior editor and deputy managing editor. Prior to joining ProPublica\, he was a member of the metro investigative projects team at the Los Angeles Times and a reporter at the Dallas Morning News. Ornstein is a past president of the Association of Health Care Journalists and an adjunct journalism professor at Columbia University. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/blog/2024/01/coverage-101-using-the-new-state-media-guides-to-write-big-stories/
CATEGORIES:Health Policy,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240118T130000
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DTSTAMP:20260403T170827
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn: Finding anchor clients
DESCRIPTION:At AHCJ’s Lunch and Learns\, freelancer members chat about a designated topic over Zoom every third Thursday of the month at 1 p.m. Eastern Time. The Zoom link is always the same.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/lunch-and-learn-finding-anchor-clients/
CATEGORIES:Freelancers,Lunch and Learn
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240110T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240110T150000
DTSTAMP:20260403T170827
CREATED:20231212T172044Z
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SUMMARY:Covering long COVID\, the hidden epidemic
DESCRIPTION:All AHCJ events are listed in Eastern Time. \n\n\n\nUp to one in seven people in the U.S. have had long COVID\, according to one of the most recent estimates. But it’s still getting relatively little coverage\, not nearly capturing the scale of this debilitating condition for which no approved treatments exist.  \n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, you’ll hear from a rehabilitation physician who specializes in treating people with long COVID and a journalist who has been living with the condition. You’ll learn what you need to know about long COVID\, best practices in covering it and the importance of speaking with people who are dealing with it. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTara Haelle is AHCJ’s health beat leader for infectious diseases and medical studies. She’s an independent science/health journalist\, author\, speaker\, and photographer. Her work has appeared in the National Geographic\, Scientific American\, Texas Monthly\, Science News\, Medscape/WebMD\, The New York Times\, Wired\, and O Magazine\, among others. She specializes in public health and medical research\, particularly vaccines\, infectious disease\, maternal and pediatric health\, mental health\, healthcare disparities\, and misinformation. She also covers medical research conferences and edits Long COVID Connection on Medium. Haelle earned a master’s in photojournalism from the University of Texas at Austin\, and her images have appeared in Texas Monthly\, NPR\, the\, Chicago Sun-Times and elsewhere. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMonica Verduzco–Gutierrez\, M.D.\, is chair of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the Long School of Medicine at the University of Texas Health San Antonio. She previously was a Medical Director of the Brain Injury and Stroke Program at a top three US News and World Report Best Hospital for Rehabilitation. Her area of clinical expertise is the care of patients with traumatic brain injury\, stroke rehabilitation\, and interventional spasticity management. Most recently\, she has developed a Post-COVID Recovery Clinic to help those who were diagnosed with COVID-19 and suffer from various physical\, cognitive\, and functional difficulties. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLygia Navarro is a freelance magazine\, audio and multi-media journalist and editor who is also living with long COVID. She has particular expertise covering Latin American and Latine/o/a/x stories across the United States\, and has also covered mental health\, the environment\, immigration\, human smuggling\, trauma\, the intersection of politics and the arts\, 2SLGBTQ+ communities\, food\, and music. Navarro is currently an editor at palabra\, the National Association for Hispanic Journalists’ outlet\, and a health reporting fellow at Journalism and Women Symposium.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/blog/2024/01/covering-long-covid-the-hidden-epidemic/
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231214T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231214T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T170827
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn: Finding patient stories
DESCRIPTION:All AHCJ event listings are in Eastern Standard Time. \n\n\n\n\n\nAt AHCJ’s Lunch and Learns\, freelancer members chat about a designated topic over Zoom every third Thursday of the month at 1 p.m. Eastern Time. The Zoom link is always the same. The discussions are not recorded\, but you can find summaries of key takeaways by clicking on the topic name in the below schedule.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/finding-patient-stories/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231213T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231213T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T170827
CREATED:20231204T213247Z
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SUMMARY:AHCJ South Florida Chapter holiday mixer
DESCRIPTION:The South Florida chapter again joins other South Florida journalism groups including the Society of Professional Journalists and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists for a holiday mixer. First drink is free. RSVP by contacting Meryl Davids Landau through the link below.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/ahcj-south-florida-chapter-holiday-mixer/
LOCATION:JOEY Aventura\, 19505 Biscayne Blvd.\, Miami\, Florida\, 33180\, United States
CATEGORIES:None
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231213T130000
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SUMMARY:Getting a grant or fellowship to support your project
DESCRIPTION:Breaking into narrative journalism part II\n\n\n\n\n\nAll AHCJ event listings are in Eastern Standard Time. \n\n\n\nIn the spring\, AHCJ held a webinar on breaking into narrative journalism featuring editors and a freelancer who offered tips on how to pitch your idea. In part II\, we’ll talk about how to get that project funded with grant or fellowship money. Representatives from organizations offering funding will talk about what makes an application stand out\, and a recipient of a prestigious fellowship will offer his advice. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBarbara Mantel is AHCJ’s health beat leader for freelancing. She’s an award-winning journalist who has written about subjects such as how to find and keep an accountability partner\, how to tap the rich resources at libraries and how to break into narrative journalism. Mantel began her journalism career as the economics reporter and then assistant managing editor of a business news program on ESPN television. She then moved to NPR as its economics and business correspondent and later served as the first senior editor\, senior producer and director of the public radio program “Science Friday.” Mantel’s byline has appeared in a wide range of media outlets\, including CQ Researcher\, AARP\, Undark\, Next Avenue\, Medical Economics\, Healthline\, NBCNews.com\, Today.com\, NPR and The New York Times. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJosh McGhee is an investigative reporter for MindSite News\, covering the intersection of criminal justice and mental health with an emphasis on public records and data reporting. McGhee is a 2023-2024 Carter Center’s Mental Health Journalism Fellow. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJacqueline Stenson is the manager of projects at the USC Center for Health Journalism. Stenson leads the Center’s outreach and recruitment for its Fellowships and other initiatives\, which offers reporting grants of between $2\,000 to $10\,000. Stenson has worked as a health reporter and editor with multiple media outlets\, and her freelance work has been published in the Los Angeles Times\, Reuters\, NBC News\, TODAY.com\, Health\, Self\, Shape and more. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEric Ferrero serves as Executive Director of the Fund for Investigative Journalism. Ferrero has worked closely with some of the nation’s leading investigative journalists to help them uncover high-impact stories\, including those published or broadcast by The New Yorker\, CBS News “60 Minutes\,” the Washington Post\, the New York Times and PBS “Frontline\,” as well as in regional and specialty outlets.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/blog/2023/12/getting-a-grant-or-fellowship-to-support-your-project/
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231201T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231201T130000
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SUMMARY:Reckoning with the Bill Gates mythos
DESCRIPTION:A Q&A with investigative journalist Tim Schwab\n\n\n\n\n\nAll AHCJ event listings are in Eastern Standard Time. \n\n\n\nDoes Bill Gates get a free pass from journalists because many have so completely internalized the idea of him as “the good billionaire”? Or is Gates truly influencing news content through the grants he makes to news organizations?  \n\n\n\nMaybe it’s both. At least that’s the argument that investigative reporter Tim Schwab makes in his new book\, “The Bill Gates Problem: Reckoning With the Myth of the Good Billionaire.”Schwab spent years reporting on billionaire Bill Gates and the Gates Foundation and has produced a counter-narrative about Gates’s activities around the world. This Q&A will examine how Gates funding influences journalism\, the challenges of critically reporting on foundation activities\, and the role of philanthropy in health care. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMary Chris Jaklevic is AHCJ’s health beat leader for patient safety based in Chicago. She’s an independent journalist who has covered health care finance\, clinical care and medical research for a variety of professional and consumer publications. Her interest in patient safety issues and the potential harms of medical interventions was honed by her experience as a contributor to HealthNewsReview.org\, a project that aimed to improve health care journalism by critiquing the accuracy and balance of media messages about medical treatments and tests. She’s a longtime AHCJ member and served on the board for two terms. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTim Schwab is an investigative journalist based in Washington\, D.C. His groundbreaking reporting on the Gates Foundation for The Nation\, Columbia Journalism Review\, and The British Medical Journal has been honored with an Izzy Award and a Deadline Club Award. “The Bill Gates Problem: Reckoning with the Myth of the Good Billionaire” is his first book.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/blog/2023/12/bill-gates-mythos-webinar-tim-schwab/
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231129T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231129T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T170827
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SUMMARY:The immigrant health beat: A practical and ethical guide
DESCRIPTION:All AHCJ event listings are in Eastern Standard Time. \n\n\n\nImmigrants\, who represent 14% of the U.S. population\, aren’t inherently less healthy than their native-born counterparts. But research shows their health declines the longer they live in this country. \n\n\n\nOne of the major reasons is that there are barriers to accessing care\, partly due to a lack of English language proficiency and health insurance. Noncitizen immigrants tend to work in low-wage jobs that don’t offer that benefit. \n\n\n\nThis AHCJ webinar will provide an overview of the state of immigrant health and ethical issues that journalists should be aware of when reporting on the health status of immigrants in the U.S. For instance\, foreign-born people from the same country may have different socioeconomic backgrounds and legal immigration statuses. Reporters who interview undocumented immigrants need to be conscientious about the legal consequences that their sources may face if they use their names or images in stories. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMargarita Martín-Hidalgo Birnbaum is AHCJ’s health beat leader for health equity and an independent journalist based in Dallas. Over the years\, her stories about health\, as well as crime and other topics she covered early in her career\, have appeared in WebMD\, American Heart Association News\, The Dallas Morning News\, The Miami Herald and Reuters. Fluent in English and Spanish\, Birnbaum is also an interpreter and translator. Her personal and professional experiences living and working in the U.S. and in several Central American countries have informed her reporting work in covering health disparity trends among racial and ethnic groups in the U.S. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStella M. Chávez covers immigration for KERA\, the NPR member station in Dallas. In 2019\, she broke a national story about a large-scale immigration raid on a technology repair company in Allen\, Texas. She also reported on the Uvalde school shooting and the mass shooting at an El Paso Walmart. Previously\, she covered education and produced several multi-part projects\, including “Generation One” about immigrant students in North Texas and The Race to Save Failing Schools about schools trying to meet state academic standards. \n\n\n\nBefore joining public radio\, Chávez spent nearly 13 years as a daily newspaper reporter for The Dallas Morning News\, The South Florida Sun-Sentinel in Fort Lauderdale\, Fla.\, and The Ledger in Lakeland\, Fla. \n\n\n\nShe’s received several national and state awards\, including a 2021 Investigative Reporters & Editors award for the collaborative series: “Hot Days: Heat’s Mounting Death Toll on Workers in the U.S.” In 2007\, she received the Livingston Award for Young Journalists in national reporting for “Yolanda’s Crossing\,” a seven-part series that reconstructs the journey of a young sexual abuse victim from a village in Oaxaca\, Mexico\, to Dallas. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAdriana Menéndez is the social services manager at the Rural Women’s Health Project in Gainesville\, Fla. In that capacity\, she manages the day-to-day operations of Project Salud\, a referral line catering to the needs of the Spanish-speaking community. She has collaborated with health care providers\, legal experts\, and social service agencies to expand the network of available resources for callers. Menéndez is an advocate for language access for minorities\, emphasizing the importance of inclusivity and cultural sensitivity in service delivery. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDrishti Pillai\, Ph.D.\, is the director of immigrant health policy at KFF. In that capacity\, she oversees data and policy analysis about health care access trends and issues in that population\, with a focus on health equity.  \n\n\n\nBefore joining KFF\, Dr. Pillai was the research director at the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum and a faculty member at George Washington University\, where her research focused on public charge rules\, population differences in access to maternal and child health services\, and access to government programs such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).  \n\n\n\nDr. Pillai holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from The Ohio State University\, a Master of Public Health degree from Emory University and a Ph.D. in public policy from George Washington University. \n\n\n\nThe analyses that Dr. Pillai has published at KFF include: \n\n\n\n\nHealth and Health Care Experiences of Immigrants: The 2023 KFF/LA Times Survey of Immigrants\n\n\n\nHealth and Health Care in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region\n\n\n\nEmployment Among Immigrants and Implications for Health and Health Care
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/blog/2023/11/the-immigrant-health-beat-a-practical-and-ethical-guide/
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:Reporting on addiction accurately and ethically
DESCRIPTION:The organization Reporting on Addiction began as a response to what its founders identified as misinformed\, harmful coverage of opioid use disorder and the people and communities affected by it. The organization now offers nationwide training of student and professional journalists. This webinar will pinpoint some of the errors reporters make most often and present the research-informed viewpoints of experts\, strategies and tips journalists can apply to solutions-based coverage of addiction treatment and related topics. The panel will also delve into how to incorporate into reporting the lived experience of people struggling with addiction. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKatti Gray is AHCJ’s health beat leader for behavioral and mental health and a former Rosalynn Carter Mental Health Journalism Fellow. Gray has covered\, among other topics\, mental health care in prisons and jails\, the debate over whether mental illnesses are being over-diagnosed and efforts to persuade people of color to be less skeptical about seeking counseling and other mental health services. Her work has been published by The Washington Post\, Salon\, Reuters\, among other publications. Her writings appear in\,” The Criminalization of Mental Illness” and “Narrative Matters: Writing to Change the Health Care System\,” among other books. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAshton Marra\, M.S.\, is co-founder and co-director of Reporting on Addiction\, which trains professional and student journalists in solutions-focused journalism aimed at reducing stigmas about drug use disorders that the news media also have perpetuated. She teaches news writing\, video storytelling and community-focused journalism at West Virginia University and is executive editor of 100 Days in Appalachia\, an award-winning national news site whose editors\, reporters\, photographers\, et al. are Appalachians. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJonathan J.K. Stoltman\, Ph.D.\, Opioid addiction and recovery researcher Jonathan J.K. Stoltman is co-founder and co-director of Reporting on Addiction and director of the Opioid Policy Institute. He earned a doctorate in lifespan developmental psychology from West Virginia University. His work has appeared in leading journals and media outlets and at national conferences. Currently\, his work focuses on reproductive/sexual health\, stigma/discrimination and digital approaches to addiction treatment.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/reporting-on-addiction-accurately-and-ethically/
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn: Tapping medical journals for story ideas
DESCRIPTION:At AHCJ’s Lunch and Learns\, freelancer members chat about a designated topic over Zoom every third Thursday of the month at 12 p.m. Central Time.  \n\n\n\nThe Zoom link is always the same.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/tapping-medical-journals-for-story-ideas/
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SUMMARY:American Public Health Association Annual Meeting 2023
DESCRIPTION:The American Public Health Association (APHA) will be hosting its annual meeting in Atlanta from Nov. 12-15. Journalists covering the event will have access to thousands of public health experts\, more than 4\,000 scientific papers and thousands of oral presentations on topics from infectious diseases and gun violence to health equity and disparities. \n\n\n\nWhen/Where: Nov. 12-15; Atlanta \n\n\n\nContact: Email APHA Media Relations at mediarelations@apha.org  \n\n\n\nFor more information\, visit the APHA site.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/american-public-health-association-annual-meeting-2023/
CATEGORIES:Event
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SUMMARY:Neuroscience 2023 Conference
DESCRIPTION:Scientists from around the world will congregate at Neuroscience 2023 to discover new ideas\, share their research\, and experience the best the field has to offer. \n\n\n\nContact: Email the Society for Neuroscience at info@sfn.org or call the Society at (202)962-4000 \n\n\n\nWhere/When: Nov. 11–15 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington\, D.C. \n\n\n\nMedia Registration
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/getting-it-right-pushing-past-resistance-to-better-firearms-violence-reporting/
LOCATION:Walter E. Washington Convention Center\, 801 Allen Y. Lew Place NW\, Washington\, District of Columbia\, 20001\, United States
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SUMMARY:Recorded: Pushing past resistance to better firearms violence reporting
DESCRIPTION:In the fall of 2022\, AHCJ held a summit in the Chicago suburbs that brought together researchers\, clinicians\, journalists and organizers to talk about how to change the “frame” of firearm violence reporting. The question was (and continues to be)\, how to apply a public health reporting approach to this problem. A movement toward ending “the crime brief” is gathering strength\, but slowly\, and there’s been pushback in newsrooms. \n\n\n\nThis webinar will explore how four journalists have tried to be part of the solution and the changes they’ve observed. They’ll share tips for managing managers\, taking small steps (and feeling okay about that) and the importance of working closely in the communities most affected by the violence. \n\n\n\nWatch the recording\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKaitlin Washburn is AHCJ’s core topic leader on firearm violence. She is also a reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times. She was a gun violence reporter for two years in Missouri for The Kansas City Star as a Report for America corps member. Before that\, Washburn was an agriculture reporter covering the omnipresent industry in California’s Central Valley for The Sun-Gazette\, also as a part of RFA.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbené Clayton is a reporter in the Guardian’s California office and is the lead reporter on the newspaper’s “Guns & Lies in America” series\, which launched in 2019 and focuses on the impacts of and solutions to community violence. She started covering gun violence in her hometown of Richmond\, California and is now based in Los Angeles where she covers the people who live where shootings and homicides happen most.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChristopher “Flood the Drummer” Norris is a two-time Emmy-nominated broadcast journalist and former managing editor for community and engagement at WHYY\, the Philadelphia NPR and PBS affiliate. He established the radio/TV station’s community engagement department and hosted Community Conversations\, a series of public affairs specials that tackled gun violence\, police reform\, voting rights\, reparations and more.  \n\n\n\nNorris serves as the strategic advisor to the CEO of StoryCorps\, a 20-year old national nonprofit organization that preserves and shares humanity’s stories in order to build connections between people and create a more just and compassionate world. He also oversees StoryCorps’ One Small Step\, a national program that pairs strangers across the political divide for conversations about their lives\, in an effort to reduce toxic polarization and highlight a shared humanity. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSammy Caiola was most recently a gun violence prevention reporter at WHYY News in Philadelphia. In 2022 she was a professional mentor with the Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting’s Credible Messenger Program\, and she currently serves as a senior fellow with the University of Southern California’s Domestic Violence Impact Fund. She was a 2023 Ochberg fellow with the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma. She is the co-host of “Stop and Frisk: Revisit or Resist”\, a Murrow Award-winning podcast about policing and public safety\, and “After the Assault”\, a participatory journalism podcast about healing from sexual violence.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/getting-it-right-pushing-past-resistance-to-better-firearms-violence-reporting-2/
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:Homelessness and Health: An AHCJ Summit
DESCRIPTION:Housing is a health care issue. \n\n\n\nResearch leaves little doubt about the negative impact a lack of a place to call home has on people’s health. The toll on mental and emotional health is enormous\, alongside the physical harms. People experiencing homelessness are more vulnerable to becoming victims of crime\, especially women\, and more likely to experience a medical emergency. Unsurprisingly\, the life expectancy of people who are unhoused is significantly lower than for the general population. Alarms are sounding about the nation’s aging\, unhoused population. \n\n\n\nWe’re going to dig into this complicated issue at our fall summit Nov. 2-3 in Oakland\, Calif. Setting aside the politics while being mindful of the myths surrounding homelessness\, we’ll bring together experts\, journalists and people with lived experience to talk about: \n\n\n\nWhat the research shows about who is experiencing homelessness and the factors that contributed to them losing their housing.How “street teams” are addressing people’s critical health needs and providing a bridge to more sustained care.Approaches to addressing the mental and behavioral health needs of people who are unhoused.The upstream causes of homelessness and promising approaches to preventing it. \n\n\n\n\nWhat the research shows about who is experiencing homelessness and the factors that contributed to them losing their housing.\n\n\n\nHow “street teams” are addressing people’s critical health needs and providing a bridge to more sustained care.\n\n\n\nApproaches to addressing the mental and behavioral health needs of people who are unhoused.\n\n\n\nThe upstream causes of homelessness and promising approaches to preventing it.\n\n\n\n\n\nView the program\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nHotelWaterfront Hotel- JDV by Hyatt10 Washington StreetOakland\, Calif. \n\n\n\nBook your hotel room in the AHCJ block here. \n\n\n\nRegistrations made after Oct. 13 will not include meals. \n\n\n\nAirThe Oakland International Airport (OAK) is a breeze to navigate and is only 8 miles from downtown Oakland. San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is 26 miles from Oakland Marriott City Center. Both airports are served by BART. Taxi’s\, Uber and Lyft are also easily available at both airports. \n\n\n\nRapid TransitBay Area Rapid Transit (BART) is a rapid transit system serving the San Francisco Bay Area. The 12th Street Center is located approximately 6 blocks from the Waterfront Hotel. Plan your trip and get fares by using Trip Planner. Add Clipper to your phone in advance of arriving to the station. Clipper is available for mobile phones through either Apple Pay or Google Wallet. Every rider age 5 and up needs their own digital card. Clipper is a regional transit card that can be used on all transit in the Bay Area. If you are going to ride the Cable Car\, ferry\, or buses\, put Clipper on your phone. As of October 2022\, new plastic Clipper cards may not be available to purchase at SFO station due to global supply chain issues. \n\n\n\nRailTravelers can reach Oakland by train at Amtrak’s Jack London Square station\, approximately 0.4 mile from Waterfront Hotel. \n\n\n\nWaterTake in panoramic views as you cruise on the water and under the Bay Bridge to various SF Bay Ferry terminals. Arrive or Board at Jack London Square and relish the ocean air on your face during the half-hour trip from/to San Francisco\, Oracle Park\, and more. The Jack London Square Terminal is adjacent to the Waterfront Hotel \n\n\n\nCarWaterfront Hotel offers self parking. For those attending but not staying overnight\, ample parking is available at the Washington Street (Washington Street And Embarcadero) and Jack London (Broadway AND Embarcadero) Garages\, both located less than a block from the hotel. \n\n\n\nLOCAL HOST \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSPONSORS       
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/training-events/homelessness-and-health-ahcj-fall-summit/
LOCATION:Waterfront Hotel – JDV by Hyatt\, Waterfront Hotel - JDV by Hyatt 10 Washington Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops | Summits
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SUMMARY:Application Deadline for Power of Diverse Voices: Writing Workshop for Journalists of Color
DESCRIPTION:The Poynter Institute\, a leading instructor of journalists\, is hosting a persuasive writing workshop for journalists of color from Nov. 15-18 in St. Petersburg\, Fla. Journalists will network and practice new writing techniques in small-group writing and coaching sessions. \nThe application deadline is Sept. 15\, 2023. The workshop is free to accepted candidates. Travel costs are not covered. \nWhen/Where: Nov. 15-18; St. Petersburg\, Fla. \nContact: Email the Poynter Institute at info@poynter.org For more information\, visit the Poynter website.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/application-deadline-for-power-of-diverse-voices-writing-workshop-for-journalists-of-color/
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SUMMARY:The 5 Most Urgent Conversations About Rural Health
DESCRIPTION:AHCJ Rural Health Journalism Workshop 2023 — Kansas City\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us in Kansas City on Aug. 24 for the 2023 Rural Health Journalism Workshop! This year’s theme is “The 5 Most Urgent Conversations About Rural Health.”  \n\n\n\nWe’ll start with an overview of rural demographics and then talk about: \n\n\n\n\nInvestigating environmental health — access points and pointers\n\n\n\nHow rural harm reduction fits into the fight against overdose\n\n\n\nRural mental health care: Reaching cultural competency\n\n\n\nFinding a maternal health solution for rural America\n\n\n\nHow people get health care information in news deserts\n\n\n\n\nRegistration opens on July 5 and closes on Aug. 11.  \n\n\n\nBook your hotel room in the AHCJ block here at Hotel Kansas City by Aug. 1. \n\n\n\nRegistration (advance registration includes lunch): \n\n\n\n\nMembers: $25\n\n\n\nNon-members: $35\n\n\n\nNon-members + a six-month AHCJ membership: $60\n\n\n\nPR/PIO: $80\n\n\n\n\nAdvance registration is closed\, however\, on-site registration will be available at the event: $50 (On-site registration does not include meals) \n\n\n\nScholarships are available to offset attendance for Kansas and Missouri-based journalists that can assist with mileage and registration. Apply here. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLocation:Hotel Kansas City1228 Baltimore AvenueKansas City\, Mo. 64105816-685-1228 \n\n\n\nMeeting:Starlight Ballroom\, 15th floor\, Hotel Kansas CityUpon entry through the Front Entrance on Baltimore\, Guests will walk through the lobby\, past the front desk toward the double elevators. The Starlight Elevator is located to the left of the Town Company Restaurant (Starlight is not accessible from the double elevators). \n\n\n\nIf you are staying at the hotel overnight\, you will need to return to the lobby to access the sleeping rooms by using the double elevator. \n\n\n\nParking garageAuditorium Plaza Garage1220 Wyandotte Street\, Kansas City MO 64105Daily parking is rated at $12 but is subject to change or event parking rates. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWalking directions from the parking garage to the hotel. \n\n\n\n\nHead south on Wyandotte St toward W 13th St\n\n\n\nTurn left onto W 13th St\n\n\n\nTurn left onto Baltimore Ave\n\n\n\nHotel will be on the left\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLOCAL HOSTS \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSPONSORS
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/the-5-most-urgent-conversations-about-rural-health/
LOCATION:Hotel Kansas City\, 1228 Baltimore Avenue\, Kansas City\, MO\, Missouri\, 64105-1908
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SUMMARY:The 5 Most Urgent Conversations About Rural Health: An AHCJ Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Join us in Kansas City on Aug. 24 for the 2023 Rural Health Journalism Workshop! This year’s theme is “The 5 Most Urgent Conversations About Rural Health.”  \nWe’ll start with an overview of rural demographics and then talk about: \n\nInvestigating environmental health — access points and pointers\nThe harm reduction argument for rural America\nTelemental health: It works when it’s culturally appropriate\nFinding a maternal health solution for rural America\nHow people get health care information in news deserts\n\nRegister here \n\nRegistration opens on July 5 and closes on Aug. 11.  \nBook your hotel room in the AHCJ block here at Hotel Kansas City by Aug. 1. \nFees: \n\nMembers: $25\nNon-members: $35\nNon-members a 6 month AHCJ membership: $60\nPR/PIO: $80\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nScholarships are available to offset attendance for Kansas and Missouri-based journalists that can assist with mileage\, registration and one hotel night. Apply here.\n \n\n\n\n \nLocation:\n\nHotel Kansas City1228 Baltimore AvenueKansas City\, Mo. 64105816-685-1228 \nMeeting:Starlight Ballroom\, 15th floor\, Hotel Kansas CityUpon entry through the Front Entrance on Baltimore\, Guests will walk through the lobby\, past the front desk toward the double elevators. The Starlight Elevator is located to the left of the Town Company Restaurant (Starlight is not accessible from the double elevators). \nIf you are staying at the hotel overnight\, you will need to return to the lobby to access the sleeping rooms by using the double elevator. \nParking garageAuditorium Plaza Garage1220 Wyandotte Street\, Kansas City MO 64105Daily parking is rated at $12 but is subject to change or event parking rates. \n\nWalking directions from the parking garage to the hotel. \n\nHead south on Wyandotte St toward W 13th St\nTurn left onto W 13th St\nTurn left onto Baltimore Ave\nHotel will be on the left\n\n 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/the-5-most-urgent-conversations-about-rural-health-an-ahcj-workshop/
CATEGORIES:Workshops | Summits
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SUMMARY:1 year later: Assessing the 988 mental health hotline
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, Aug. 17 at 1:30 p.m. ET  \nThe national 988 mental health crisis line was launched in July 2022 as an easier-to-remember alternative to the previous 10-digit hotline. The initiative\, modeled after 911\, is intended to reduce the incidence of suicide and the mental health crises that underlay suicidal ideation\, attempts and fatalities. It is distinct from 911 in that it specifically addresses suicide crises.From the start\, there have been questions about how well the hotline would function\, including whether it would result in distressed people being involuntarily committed to psychiatric hospital wards or put the caller at risk of trauma or tragedy by sending armed police untrained in mental health interventions. Panelists — including a behavioral health policy researcher and a population health management strategist — will address those questions and related aspects of this topic.  \nWatch the recording \nVincent Atchity \nHeather Saunders \nKatti Gray \n  \nVincent Atchity is president and CEO of Mental Health Colorado\, which\, in 2019\, absorbed The Equitas Project\, a national initiative to disentangle mental health and criminal justice that Atchity served as executive director. A population health management strategist\, Atchity has worked on care management\, cost control\, outcomes improvement\, workforce development\, data integration\, partnership network development and support\, project design\, education and fundraising. Atchity is a member of the Colorado Public Defender Commission\, the Governor’s Strategic Planning Task Force to Increase Behavioral Health Access\, the Denver District Attorney Advisory Council on Mental Health and the Colorado School of Public Health Behavioral Health Initiative Advisory Board. He has taught at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and Fordham University in New York and was an assistant dean of the University of California\, Berkeley\, School of Public Health. \nHeather Saunders is a postdoctoral fellow in the Kaiser Family Foundation Program on Medicaid and the Uninsured. Her work focuses on behavioral health policy\, workforce adequacy and health care delivery for people with disabilities. Prior to joining KFF\, Saunders was a researcher for Virginia’s Medicaid program. Before that\, while employed as a social worker\, she worked with clients in hospitals\, schools and outpatient settings. She also managed randomized controlled trials in behavioral health care medical settings. Saunders earned a doctorate in health care policy and research from Virginia Commonwealth University. Her dissertation examined access to behavioral health services. \nKatti Gray is AHCJ’s health beat leader for behavioral and mental health. A former Rosalynn Carter Mental Health Journalism Fellow\, Gray is providing resources to help AHCJ members expand their coverage of mental health amid ongoing efforts to de-stigmatize mental illness and to place mental health care on par with all health care. She has covered\, among other topics\, mental health care in prisons and jails\, the debate over whether mental illnesses are being over-diagnosed and efforts to persuade persons of color to be less skeptical about seeking counseling and other mental health services. 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/1-year-later-assessing-the-988-mental-health-hotline/
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Maintaining Patient Access to Care in Rural America
DESCRIPTION:The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials\, with support from the Health Resources and Services Administration\, is hosting a webinar to explore federal priorities related to rural healthcare access\, as well as highlight a successful model to ensure rural patients can access hospital services. \nThe webinar will focus on the implementation and successes of the AZ REACH program\, which serves as a patient transfer system that can be quickly mobilized during a variety of public health events. The webinar will also include discussion with the HRSA Federal Office of Rural Health Policy and CDC Office of Rural Health. The webinar is public and open to all. \nWhen/where: Aug. 8\, 2–3 p.m. EST (virtual only) \nContact: Call The Assocation of State and Territorial Health Officials at: (202) 371-9090 \nFeatured Speakers: \n\nKristi Martinsen\, Director of the Hospital State Division\, Federal Office of Rural Health Policy\, HRSA\nDiane M. Hall\, Ph.D.\, M.S.Ed.\, Director\, Office of Rural Health\, CDC\nLisa Villarroel\, M.D.\, M.P.H.\, Medical Director\, Division of Public Health Services\, Arizona Department of Health Services\nCharles Larsen\, Co-Founder\, Blackbox Healthcare Solutions\nErin Tams\, Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer\, Blackbox Healthcare Solutions\n\nClick here to register for the webinar \n 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/webinar-maintaining-patient-access-to-care-in-rural-america/
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Breaking into narrative journalism
DESCRIPTION:12 p.m. ET Monday\, July 24 \nGreat narrative journalism takes readers on a journey by telling stories with scenes and characters as well developed as those you would find in a good novel. It’s gratifying to write\, but the research\, reporting and pitching of the idea to an outlet take time and determination. In this webinar\, seasoned editors and reporters will offer tips for breaking into narrative journalism\, including knowing what editors want\, crafting pitches and figuring out whether the pay will be worth the effort. \nWatch the recording \nJane C. Hu \nBrady Huggett \nPamela Weintraub \nBarbara Mantel \nPamela Weintraub is the senior editor for science and psychology at Aeon and the co-editor in chief at OpenMind magazine. Previously\, Weintraub was senior editor\, features editor and executive editor at Discover Magazine\, where she assigned and edited long-form journalistic narratives and investigations that won numerous top journalistic awards and honors. \nBrady Huggett is the enterprise editor at Spectrum\, where he edits features and long-form projects. Before joining Spectrum\, he served as business editor at Nature Biotechnology and managing editor at the biotech daily news service BioWorld. Huggett has master’s degrees in journalism and in creative writing and has won prizes for his fiction and nonfiction writing. \nJane C. Hu is a freelance journalist based in Seattle. Her work appears in publications like Slate\, High Country News\, WIRED\, National Geographic\, Smithsonian\, Scientific American\, Outside\, and The Atlantic. She sits on the boards of the National Association of Science Writers and The Open Notebook.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/webinar-breaking-into-narrative-journalism/
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Covering high-risk lab accidents and the COVID-19 origins story
DESCRIPTION:2 p.m. ET Thursday\, July 20 \nWe may never know whether COVID-19 originated with a leak from the Wuhan Institute of Virology or was the result of a natural spillover event from an unknown animal. What is known is that ongoing scientific research on high-risk pathogens in laboratories around the world could be vulnerable to a leak\, whether accidental or deliberate. \nAs investigative reporter Alison Young writes in “Pandora’s Gamble: Lab Leaks\, Pandemics\, and a World at Risk\,” the truth is “lab accidents happen with shocking frequency\, even in the world’s best-run labs.” That means journalists have a crucial role in holding the scientific community accountable. \nIn this webinar\, Young will talk about her book and provide context about what is known about what happened at the Wuhan Institute of Virology and about lab leaks more broadly. She will provide resources and tips for staying on top of this very timely issue\, which is being debated by law and policy makers\, scientists and the public. \nWatch the recording \nAlison Young. Photo by Lisa V. Damico \nBara Vaida \nAlison Young is an investigative reporter specializing in health\, environmental and consumer issues. Her work has included revealing safety lapses at biological research labs\, food manufacturers and nursing homes. She is a professor and program director for the University of Missouri School of Journalism’s Washington\, D.C. program and has reported for USA TODAY\, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution\, Knight Ridder’s Washington Bureau\, the Detroit Free Press\, The Arizona Republic and the Dallas Times Herald. Her reporting honors include three Gerald Loeb Awards\, three Scripps Howard Awards and a DuPont-Columbia Award. \n 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/webinar-covering-high-risk-lab-accidents-and-the-covid-19-origins-story/
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Cancer news: Balancing fear\, hype and reality
DESCRIPTION:2 p.m. ET Wednesday\, July 19 \nThe most recent screening guidelines from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force are controversial and confusing. Journalists must report responsibly on the latest health recommendations while talking about cancer — a subject that is often emotionally charged — using the latest scientific evidence. \nAt this webinar\, experts will suggest approaches to putting the latest screening recommendations in context while eliminating hype and not creating false hope. \nWatch the recording \nMehra Golshan\, M.D. \nElaine Schattner\, M.D. \nLiz Seegert \nTara Haelle \nMehra Golshan\, M.D.\, is a cancer surgeon and a nationally and internationally recognized leader in breast cancer treatment and research. He serves as deputy chief medical officer for surgical services and as clinical director of the Center for Breast Cancer at Smilow Cancer Hospital and Yale Cancer Center. He has led numerous Phase I\, II and III clinical trials and translational science innovations that have had an impact on treatment options and outcomes for women. Dr. Golshan is also a leading researcher in this field\, with over 150 peer-reviewed publications. \nElaine Schattner\, M.D.\, is a writer\, breast cancer survivor\, and physician. A graduate of Yale College and New York University School of Medicine\, she is a clinical associate professor at Weill Cornell Medicine in the division of hematology and medical oncology. She worked as an oncologist for 16 years before completing a master’s degree in journalism at Columbia University. Her articles have appeared in the New York Observer\, Huffington Post\, Pacific Standard\, Washington Post\, NPR\, and elsewhere. Her new book\, “From Whispers to Shouts: The Ways We Talk About Cancer” is published by Columbia University Press. \n 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/webinar-cancer-news-balancing-fear-hype-and-reality/
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:Webinar: How journalists can put ChatGPT to good use
DESCRIPTION:1 p.m. ET Friday\, July 14 \nThe artificial intelligence program ChatGPT has made headlines for its ability to create prose (and headlines)\, but how does it work? How are journalists using it? And what are the potential problems and ethical pitfalls? \nIn this webinar\, Alex Mahadevan\, director of the Poynter Institute’s MediaWise digital media literacy program\, will take ChatGPT for a spin\, discuss what he’s learned about the new technology and answer your questions. \nWatch the recording \nAlex Mahadevan \nKaren Blum \nAlex Mahadevan is the director of MediaWise at the Poynter Institute. Since 2019\, he’s taught digital media literacy to thousands of teenagers and older adults\, and trained journalists across the world in verification and digital tools for investigations. He also co-leads the Empowering Digital Diverse Digital Citizens Lab at Stanford University. Before getting into fact-checking and media literacy\, Alex launched content management systems\, newsletters and video series as a news innovation editor and data reporter in Florida.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/webinar-how-journalists-can-put-chatgpt-to-good-use/
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:Application Deadline: Above the Fray International Reporting Fellowship
DESCRIPTION:The John Alexander Project and NPR jointly operate the Above the Fray fellowship\, designed for promising early-career journalists who want to report a significant story from an underreported region of the world. One fellow is selected each year.  \nThose with at least five but no more than seven years of journalism experience are eligible to apply. The final story will air on NPR if it meets its standards. \nThe total duration of the fellowship is five to six months\, with two months spent reporting in the field. The fellowship covers all production and living expenses for the duration.  \nApplication deadline: July 1\, 2023 \nSponsors: The John Alexander Project and NPR \nMore information: www.thejohnalexanderproject.org \nContact:  \n\n\nPatrick Alexander — patrick@thejohnalexanderproject.org \n\n\nAnne Marler — anne@thejohnalexanderproject.org \n\n\nAlissa Shapiro — alissa@thejohnalexanderproject.org \n\n\n 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/application-deadline-above-the-fray-international-reporting-fellowship/
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Why our food supply still isn't safe from contamination
DESCRIPTION:Recorded at 12 p.m. ET Wednesday\, June 14 \nHealth hazards from tainted meat\, produce and other foods are an ongoing national problem\, underscored by last year’s unprecedented infant formula recall. Bill Marler\, food safety lawyer and publisher of Food Safety News\, will look at why it’s so hard to keep the food supply safe\, what the federal government should be doing about it and story ideas for national and local reporters — just in time for summer — that will keep the focus on ensuring the safety of the food we eat. \nView Bill Marler’s presentation \nWatch the recording \nBill Marler \nBara Vaida \nBill Marler is the founder of Marler Clark\, a law firm based in Seattle that specializes in representing victims of food-borne illness outbreaks. Marler has represented clients in some of the most high-profile food-borne illness cases in the United States\, including the 1993 Jack in the Box E. coli outbreak\, the 2006 Dole spinach E. coli outbreak\, the 2011 Listeria outbreak linked to cantaloupes from Jensen Farms and the 2018 romaine E. coli outbreak. He founded Food Safety News in 2009 to keep the spotlight on food\, health and safety reporting\, as traditional news organizations were reducing and eliminating food safety coverage. Bill’s work has been profiled in the book “Poisoned” and in the Netflix documentary of the same name.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/webinar-why-our-food-supply-still-isnt-safe-from-contamination/
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